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dire
[dire 词源字典]
dire:
see
dinosaur
[dire etymology, dire origin, 英语词源]
dire (adj.)
1560s, from Latin
dirus
"fearful, awful, boding ill," which is of unknown origin; perhaps from Oscan and Umbrian and perhaps cognate with Greek
deinos
, from PIE root
*dwei-
.